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TONYSAC

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Posted 1339290692	Reply with quote #1

Hey everyone TONYSAC here just wanted to share my freebies of the day so I was cruising along on craigslist and someone put up an add it said I'm trimming my tree today its a black mission and is a vigorous tree there's bundles take one take two but do not un bundle them that was at like 4:20 so I read it by 4:40 so I hopped in my truck set the gps and off I went for my 40 min drive. He trimmed his tree alright I didn't want to be greedy so I only took one bunch brought it home clean them all up cut them into nice pieces soaked all the cuttings in water for about a half hour and the pictures tell the rest ill call it my little fig science experiment I wanted to find something like this exactly I have a park called valley stream state park and when I get a chance I'm going to walk the trails and plant these little baby's. Two of them I stuck right into the dirt one with leaves one without two nice branches I put in 100% mulch with drain holes (freebie thank you town) and I put all the cuttings in one (free Ralph's ) 2.5 gallon bucket with 100% perlite with drain holes in the bottom and a bag secured around the top (greenhouse).....Everything was free mulch cuttings and buckets... Oh yeah I almost forgot the one in the yellow bucket had roots it was a sucker a big sucker he's planted in 50/50 mix potting soil and perlite...PS the ones in the white buckets filled with mulch aren't seperate pieces that's one whole branch in each bucket you just can see it cause its below the mulch and those green stems are very stiff and healthy unlike some of the others that's why I left them whole like that it would make a great starter tree everything already had figs I had to take them off they where little though . Attached Images 1.jpg (392.11 KB, 62 views) 3.jpg (605.56 KB, 55 views) 2.jpg (438.88 KB, 50 views) 4.jpg (738.68 KB, 53 views) 5.jpg (649.36 KB, 56 views) 6.jpg (765.79 KB, 54 views) 7.jpg (733.00 KB, 58 views) 9.jpg (814.65 KB, 58 views) 8.jpg (706.86 KB, 60 views) __________________ Anthony Garden city park, Long Island NY 11040 Zone 7b : 5 to 10 (F) (Nassau) FIGS4FUN1@aol.com Im here to help Crazy80z28 on Ebay Wish list... Hmmm more room.

BLB

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Posted 1339291295	Reply with quote #2

Tony you sound like Johnny Appleseed.

JoAnn749

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Posted 1339298248	Reply with quote #3

Tony - you crack me up! __________________ Jo-Ann DFW TX, Zone 7b-8a Wish List: Black Madeira,, Kathleen's Black, Malta Black, Marseille VS Black, White Paradisio, LSU Scott's Black, Conadria, White Trianna, Marttineca Rimada, Excel, Peter's Honey, Bebera Preta (Abebereira), Strawberry Verte

TONYSAC

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Posted 1339299386	Reply with quote #4

Johhny Appleseed ...yeah I kinda like that BLB. Jo-Ann I'm glad I gave you a laugh :) I'm one of those people always looking for that allusive fig tree in the wild its like fig sonar or something I can be doing 50 mph and I see one out of the corner of my eye but I haven't found a wild one yet but now ill know just where they are I'm going to put them in all the sumps (rain water run off) and parks that I can possibly find from hear to my dads. There's creeks all over in a town called Franklin square they will never have to worry about water it will be close by for them to find. PS Jo-Ann glad to hear you finally got your cuttings. Attached Images Johnny-Applseed_Color-Websi.gif (15.60 KB, 4 views) __________________ Anthony Garden city park, Long Island NY 11040 Zone 7b : 5 to 10 (F) (Nassau) FIGS4FUN1@aol.com Im here to help Crazy80z28 on Ebay Wish list... Hmmm more room.

noss

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Posted 1339301903	Reply with quote #5

Naw--He's Tony Fig Tree. ;) noss __________________ noss/a.k.a. Vivian Lafayette, LA Zone 9a Wish List: Col de Dame Blanc, Col de Dame Noir, Scott's Yellow, Tony's Brown Italian, any other fig that is good in the rain/humidity and has a real figgy flavor.

TONYSAC

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Posted 1339301996	Reply with quote #6

Nice I couldn't think of a name for myself. Thanks Noss __________________ Anthony Garden city park, Long Island NY 11040 Zone 7b : 5 to 10 (F) (Nassau) FIGS4FUN1@aol.com Im here to help Crazy80z28 on Ebay Wish list... Hmmm more room.

rcantor

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Posted 1339302414	Reply with quote #7

Congratulations. Long Island will be a better place because of you. You might want to plant them next to the creek but not in it. __________________ Zone 6, MO Wish list: Galicia Negra, De La Reina - Pons, Genovese Nero - Rafed's, Sbayi, Souadi, Acciano, Any Rimada, Sodus Sicilian, any Bass, Pons or Axier fig, any great tasting fig.

JoAnn749

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Posted 1339303060	Reply with quote #8

Tony, I could just picture you cruising along Southern State Pkwy or Sunrise checking things out then slamming on the breaks and yelling - FIG!!! Jump out of the car with a pair of clippers and a bucket of perlite. I grew up on a street that was a large double hill - go up the hill have a straight away for 1/4 mile or so then up again. We lived on the straight away and there is a sump on the top of the second hill. Whenever there is a large rain storm somehow the sump has some kind of overflow pipe (I guess like a bathroom sink) and it is like a river coming down the street complete with ---- Gold fish! Apparently someone let a bunch of Gold fish into the sump back in the 60's and they have been there ever since. NO one believes it until they see it. Sometimes they are still alive, we would put them in a coffee can and bring release them in a nearby duck pond. Thanks for the reminder about sumps! __________________ Jo-Ann DFW TX, Zone 7b-8a Wish List: Black Madeira,, Kathleen's Black, Malta Black, Marseille VS Black, White Paradisio, LSU Scott's Black, Conadria, White Trianna, Marttineca Rimada, Excel, Peter's Honey, Bebera Preta (Abebereira), Strawberry Verte

TONYSAC

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Posted 1339304161	Reply with quote #9

Its nice to know someone knows what a sump is and Jo-Ann you couldn't be any closer to the truth there is not a time that i'm on the meadowbrook /ss / seafod etc that I am not looking for a tree even when I was working in westchester taking the hutch I would look its crazy how we ALL think just for a fruit. That's a great story about the goldfish we have fish in ours to. And Bob no way in the creek i'm actually going to dig test holes first to find out how far down the ground water is before I put them in the ground. __________________ Anthony Garden city park, Long Island NY 11040 Zone 7b : 5 to 10 (F) (Nassau) FIGS4FUN1@aol.com Im here to help Crazy80z28 on Ebay Wish list... Hmmm more room.

VeryNew2Figs

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Posted 1472123597	Reply with quote #10

Bump. Wondering how your guerrilla plant went. Any trees still alive? __________________ Cheryl Chicago, Zone 6a (That's what they say, but it still feels like 5) Growing: Hardy Chicago, Black Mission, Brunswick, Kadota, Ischia Green, Desert King, Osborne Prolific (slow but steady), Malta Black, Violette de Bordeaux, Texas Everbearing, Beall, White Adriatic, Nolo Pink Eyed Lady. Rooting: Ronde de Bordeaux, Celeste, Nero 600 m, Violetta Bayernfeing, Marseilles Black VS, Celeste.

tsparozi

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Posted 1472134925	Reply with quote #11

Yes, that would definitely be interesting to find out... How did all that planting pan out? I know the area involved, there were many a night during my college years, where i spent my time fishing under the Meadowbrook Parkway and Wantagh Parkway bridges for Tiderunner size weakfish as well as cruising to Jones Beach and hitting the local bars... Good memories.... Tony __________________ Tony S - Zone 6A Carmel, NY WL-Ischia Black (UCD/USDA), Martinenca, Calderona, Victoria, Craven's Craving, Colonel Littman's Black Cross, Bon Jesusa, Sant Martina, Princesa, Paretjal Negra

Smyfigs

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Posted 1472135193	Reply with quote #12

Nice score, Tony! I like the term "sonar." I think we fig people are especially equipped with a FIG SONAR! :-D. Wow, great story for telling children/grand children! __________________ Meg-Hardiness Zone 10a Looking for... Socorro Blk Wuhan Jolly Tiger Lamperia Preta Herschtetten St. Jean Black Ischia "The best way to show my gratitude is to accept everything, even my problems, with joy." ~ Mother Teresa "Do not pass by a man in need for you may be the hand of God to him." ~Proverbs 3:27~ "He performs wonders that cannot be fathomed, miracles that cannot be counted." ~Job 5:4

TONYSAC

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Posted 1472248959	Reply with quote #13

Wow this is an old post im sad to say tgey all failed for one reason or another. __________________ Anthony Garden city park, Long Island NY 11040 Zone 7b : 5 to 10 (F) (Nassau) FIGS4FUN1@aol.com Im here to help Crazy80z28 on Ebay Wish list... Hmmm more room.

tsparozi

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Posted 1472273079	Reply with quote #14

Too bad.... Sad to hear... A for effort! T __________________ Tony S - Zone 6A Carmel, NY WL-Ischia Black (UCD/USDA), Martinenca, Calderona, Victoria, Craven's Craving, Colonel Littman's Black Cross, Bon Jesusa, Sant Martina, Princesa, Paretjal Negra

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